Reactive arthritis

What is Reactive arthritis?

A rare spondyloarthritis characterized by acute or chronic sterile synovitis with or without extra-articular manifestations, becoming manifest after an infection.

Other condition names

  • Arthritis urethritica
  • Fiessinger-Leroy disease
  • Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter syndrome
  • Polyarthritis enterica
  • Reiter disease
  • Reiter syndrome
  • Venereal arthritis

Inheritance type

Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable

Prevalence

  • Worldwide: 1-9 in 100,000

Age of Onset

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Elderly
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